Beating Grounded in 1 Hour! || Any% Speedrun in

Update: ‪@HarryButchers‬ beat my time by more than 3 minutes! WATCH IT RIGHT NOW • I beat GROUNDED in und...
About time someone took the record on this!
The sub hour is 100% doable with no mistakes, a riskier end strat and nice rng and despite the layers of rng this run is quite fun, so I might go for it sooner rather than later...
Massive props to ‪@zylo4029‬ for doing the vast majority of the heavy lifting figuring out the route for this one and shoutout to ‪@chillax2451‬ for some optimisations!

[@HolyCodzta]

Update: @HarryButchers beat my time by more than 3 minutes! WATCH IT RIGHT NOW OR ELSE kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn-5lmxjgsaYhMU

[@haydencady756]

Dangg man, it took you the amount of time i need to even make a workbench in my first playthrough

[@HolyCodzta]

Like taking in the view do ya?

[@haydencady756]

I do my sight-seeing.

[@Floofyy-Birdyy]

Same dude

[@Azhureus]

Yeah, pretty much :D

[@haloboi]

​@haydencady756 so you take an hour to make a workbench?

[@SteelioNow]

I just saw this by accident and I'm 90 hours into my first playthrough and I fell over laughing at how insane this is. Kudos.

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha hope you're okay! Glad you enjoyed, thanks

[@the_hawk07]

That assistant manager fight had me laughing so hard. It’s just you punching the assistant while the others just sit around.

[@HolyCodzta]

Tis a fun fight

[@Aflay1]

Just imagine the assistant manager and his minions ready to battle, but this teen jumps on top of him and starts pummeling him, and the minions just watch like "Should we go help him?" "Nah I ain't going near that maniac!"

[@Money-oe5mp]

It took you 1 hour to beat the game, but it took me 1 hour trying to find berry chunks

[@thewokestoic2432]

ONE HOUR, shiii I prolly didn’t get those till hour 8-10

[@michaelb7155]

The way you hopped around the hedge lab with ease was craaazy

[@HolyCodzta]

Probably the best lab for parkouring about, good fun

[@bradleyrichmond726]

Love all your content, started watching your vids with the amazing black widow runs you did and this was also great to watch! Thanks for another insane run

[@HolyCodzta]

Eyyy thanks, glad you enjoyed it Bradley!

[@zylo4029]

I can’t believe it’s only 2 minutes away from being under an hour. It took a lot for me to get it under 1:10:00 but the record is safely yours now, I don’t see anyone else beating this for a long time

[@HolyCodzta]

You did all the heavy lifting tbf man! Would love to do it justice and get the sub hour. Wouldn't mind if it got beaten soon, onto glitched runs if not though...

[@cptnamaroblackbeardjones8175]

not a record of beating the game still dont have the mega n norm molars

[@zylo4029]

@@cptnamaroblackbeardjones8175 That’s why it’s labelled as Any%. Any% means you just have to see the end screen, nothing else matters

[@cptnamaroblackbeardjones8175]

@@zylo4029 lol sounds like some shit a kid made up to make his self feel good cause he cant really play games

[@HolyCodzta]

@@cptnamaroblackbeardjones8175 Yeah I saw the credits so I'd say the game's over

[@matthewwatkins1874]

I love when you run out of stamina and just gotta awkwardly stand there for a second

[@HolyCodzta]

ngl I hate it in the moment but I'm glad you got some enjoyment out of it hahah

[@element8569]

At the end I was honestly lost, the amount of times you gave up in 3 minutes was insane. Well deserved record, sub 1 hour is definitely possible.

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha it does get a bit wild. There would be at least two less respawns if crafted items didn't stay in our inventory on death. Thanks, definitely want the sub hour!

[@asthmaticmonkey3120]

@@HolyCodztayou can turn that off in settings

[@HolyCodzta]

@@asthmaticmonkey3120 Thanks yeah I wouldn't want to though. By saying there would be less respawns I meant it might be easier to follow what's going on, not that it would speed up the run

[@Isaac_646]

This dude is such an amazing player! Glad to see this game getting the appreciation it deserves.

[@DavidSmith-xe7es]

I love this game! Seeing you navigate it with such reckless expertise is fun as hell to watch! I learned a few techniques from watching this. I didn't know how powerful the Spikey Sprig was when thrown. If someone beats this record, I would be shocked! If sub 1 hour is possible, it would have to be by sacrificing certain items that were crafted at the end. It's insane how focused you stayed.

[@HolyCodzta]

That's dope, glad you enjoyed! Hucking spiky sprigs is very good yeah, although that has taken a slight hit with the recent update that added a stagger cooldown. Damage is unaffected though. Sub hour is definitely doable! Could have had it in this run I think but I didn't have enough sap for the workbench twice which cost a lot of time and I lost some time at the end by respawning at the wrong place then missing the jump up out of the mystery machine. That new stagger cooldown might make the final defense a lot harder but I haven't tried it yet so we'll see. Haha yeah hadn't thought of that. I made a save on a good rng practice run at the same spot as 35:50 so I could practice the end so when I finally got good rng on an actual run I knew what I was doing. After watching 2 minutes of that I noticed I lost even more time to not having enough sap for the smithing station and having to empty my inventory mid craft. I remember now that was one tiny section I never got as clean as I could

[@praggersgaminguk]

Incredible run! Gratz!

[@pieosaurus3]

Might have to start speedrunning this game soon after watching this!! Great job!

[@HolyCodzta]

Get on it!

[@grimslygal]

I loce grounded and struggled so bad on some parts. This is amazing :D

[@liamdonahue2936]

how in the world did you beat the javamatic defense with barely any stuff when people in full gear struggled. that is just impressive

[@HolyCodzta]

Practice brother! Hucking spiky sprigs is kinda OP too tbf

[@simpletora7313]

Lower difficulty helps. The difference between WOAH mode and the other difficulties is MASSIVE

[@Aflay1]

To be honest, my friend built a huge base. Really amazing stuff. However, our gear was trash, the base itself kept getting in the way, and we didn't use any particular cheese strategies. We didn't know how to properly fight the dust mites. This was all in mild mode btw. I want to say, it is harder with a group, but I saw this man pummel so many insects and fortify the whole thing single-handedly where I would have struggled. There is clearly skill required here, but it definitely helps to at least have SOME semblance of knowledge of the fight. Don't be blind idiots like me and my friends.

[@Tobuuto]

im amazed how much easier the lower difficulty mode is.

[@Supracreator]

You amazing at this, i swear when your at the ending and it plays that victory song its just makes you wanna repeat the game again

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha I had so few runs get to the end it was very satisfying to hear that music!

[@i_just_post_anything]

​​​​​@@HolyCodztahow you do soo much dmg to the black ox beetle

[@i_just_post_anything]

​​​@@HolyCodztasorry I misspelled

[@HolyCodzta]

@@i_just_post_anything You dare misspell a word in MYYY COMMENT SCETION?!

[@HolyCodzta]

@@i_just_post_anything Hucking spiky sprigs + mild difficulty = dead ox

[@ForgetfulHatter]

amazing. :O I had figured out the animation cancelling with blocking my first few hours into the game. but throwing the sprig and then collecting it before it bounced away. Well that just automatically beats upgrading a ton of my gear lol

[@HolyCodzta]

Nice, took me quite a while! Used to be way better too before they changed combo damage. Haha you can thank Zylo for that! He was the first to use it. It is quite powerful

[@PoopyBreadstick]

Jenkies!!! The skill this takes is absolutely absurd. You are a gaming wizard!

[@Impulse725]

Thought I’d watch this a bit at a time but it was so interesting I had to watch it in one go. Great job in the run!

[@HolyCodzta]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed

[@elchekoloco2861]

Wow, congrats dude! Amazing run! Regards from México!

[@HolyCodzta]

Thanks! Regards from Cornwall!

[@jodieperkins1188]

i refuse to believe with all the stuff that i brought to the assistant manager fight that i still lost then this guy walks in here with bare fists and just punches him to death 😭

[@HolyCodzta]

Hahaha fists op for sure

[@emobarnet]

We gotta appreciate how much time you put in a game for us

[@HolyCodzta]

Put at least a few hours into this one...

[@Geology051]

Just finished watching the whole run. Crazy to think this game is beat able within such a short amount of time, but that’s speedrunning for you. Well done on the run!

[@HolyCodzta]

This was obviously glitchless too, not sure what the glitched time could be but I know it'll be nuts to try and optimise! Could've had the sub hour in this run but twice I didn't have enough sap for the workbench and both times I didn't think to relocate the bench and bring the blueprint with me so it didn't cost quite as much time. Thanks!

[@Geology051]

@@HolyCodzta Yeah, there’s a lot of very minor optimizations that could be made, but still overall a great run. I’m also excited for glitched run; I always like to see what and how many time skips can be made

[@HolyCodzta]

Ah that's cool, nice to see someone appreciate both!

[@hokuspkus9835]

After I took the EMBIGGENING CELL the music made me realize my journey is over but for sure it is one of the best games I have ever played

[@HolyCodzta]

Finally going big and going home was a very cool moment having played since the start of early access

[@slush.2204]

Good job bro! Me and my cousin just started playing grounded it’s so fun

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha you're not worried about spoilers then I take it? Thanks though. It is a great game!

[@ninathomas3544]

this is insane, well done!!

[@HolyCodzta]

Thanks!

[@ProtocolMinerPM]

Congratulations HolyCodzta on your impressive speedrun of Grounded! Beating the game in just over an hour is an incredible feat. Your dedication and skill are truly inspiring, and it's clear that you have a deep understanding of the game mechanics. Keep up the great work, and we look forward to seeing more of your amazing speedruns in the future!

[@HolyCodzta]

Thank you sincerely for your kind words and congratulations! It means a lot to me that you not only enjoyed my impressive speedrun of Grounded but also appreciate my deep knowledge and understanding of the game mechanics. Your support and encouragement fuel my passion for speedrunning, and I'm excited to continue showcasing my skills and dedication in future runs

[@redplayerya]

@@HolyCodzta I love you guys but this kinda sounded like a conversation between two AI chatbots haha

[@TheMagicCrisp]

Sat and watched this at 12 at night here in the uk a few days ago and I was so impressed that I actually told my mates about this and told them to go watch it. Me and 2 of my mates each have a grounded solo world and I think watching this speed run actually helped me progress faster in my own game and become the farthest into the game of my friends even though I started almost a day after them.

[@HolyCodzta]

Eyy that's cool. Glad you enjoyed!

[@Aflay1]

Funny enough, I'm the only friend in my group who watches any speedruns or guides, but it was my best friend who doesn't do any of that, doesn't use guides, didn't play this game at all, or have any spectacular armor or gear. *He just kept trying to progress the story. He has an killer focus and an iron will that I will never truly understand.* For what it's worth, I gathered a lot of the upgrade materials and pretty much became the tank of the group. Any boss battle, any raid battle, I was invincible. I just...REALLY suck at actually completing the story or solving puzzles. Maybe that's why my best friend is so good. He's a huge Legend of Zelda fan. I'm more of the Minecraft and Hi-Fi Rush guy.

[@Onwheelie]

Played this wit my friends about a year about I was so bad at it I always died of thirst😭 great run !

[@HolyCodzta]

I was the same! I've drunk from a scummy puddle more times than I care to admit haha. Thanks!

[@haydenbeard123]

how. literally. 😂💀 ur goatee asf.

[@GameNix]

You can get a toxicology badge in the pond mission it's near the submerged fan. It gives gas resist, can be used in the next mission Haze, it can save your chocolates bars and even some time.

[@HolyCodzta]

It doesn't give much gas resist though, I actually posted about it a while back. old.reddit.com/r/GroundedGame/comments/yjb369/am_i_missing_something_or_does_the_toxicology/ How would it save me any granola bars? I'd have to use them to get through the haze to the haze lab front door compared through the exposed pipe which cost me 0 granola bars

[@GameNix]

​@@HolyCodzta what about the fresh defence mutation. Will it work?

[@HolyCodzta]

@@GameNix On its own it's not very good and it won't reduce damage taken any further if paired with the badge because that's already hitting minimum damage threshold (can see in the post). Plus I'd need to get a tier 2 shovel or hammer to get the mints for the mutation which I think would take longer than getting a bone dagger and going through exposed pipe to haze lab. Sorry!

[@ignreviewer2294]

Can we all appreciate how the headless basketball player singled handedly breezed through honey i shrunk the kids in a single daylight cycle?

[@Bababooey_1]

Amazing headless Max speed run 👍

[@HolyCodzta]

Wow the one and only Bababooey commenting on my video! Thanks, glad you liked it

[@duckies4914]

Bro my mouth was wide open the whole time. The boss battles had me shook😮 I’m a week in rl and I’m to scared to even go in the pond 😖

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha good! Figuring out the pond lab can be tough for sure with the extra risk of drowning. Did you watch the whole thing having not got to pond lab yet?

[@TeezyRider]

as a grounded player this was really fun to watch. well done

[@chamomileberry]

Bro this is wild. I started playing yesterday and it took me like 3 hours to even find the hedge station, dying like 20 times and you speed run the whole thing in 30 seconds lol. Very impressive!

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha I think my first playthrough looked something like that as well!

[@alfonsor4985]

Wild run bro

[@rainbowcatgamer9380]

I like how he replies to everyone’s comments btw this speed run is INSANE

[@HolyCodzta]

Not yours though, ha! Oh... Thanks!

[@ravengtr9504]

hell ya boii. love this dude

[@HolyCodzta]

Big ups

[@ravengtr9504]

@@HolyCodzta Guss so.

[@studiom23523]

What in the blue hell did i just see... #respect!!!!!!!!!!!! And congrats on the run! Stay safe, healthy and as fast as you are! ;)

[@HolyCodzta]

It's funny you say that because I've been sick for the last few days! Thanks though, you too

[@studiom23523]

@@HolyCodzta Get well soon!

[@x2.MOST1TED.3x]

Bro, this is so flipping a m a z i n g!!! I was looking for a speedrun a while ago and wondered because there wasn't one :D .. Big ups for the parry timing, so satisfying lol I started a final playtrough with friends a few weeks ago and on Wednesday we got to the point of what you did in about 40min lol! I've been playing EA for quite a while, after the pond update again, a few new games here and there ... overall idk 300+h. I always knew this game was perfect for a speedrun, with the parkour you can do, but holy molar, I underestimated it, so hard :D Had to skip before you entered the Shed Lab because I don't want to be spoilered you know haha, but I will come back and watch it again, all the way to the end for sure! 🐜🕷 One question though how did you manage to respwan at the oak field station after the haze lab part?

[@HolyCodzta]

Thanks! Although Zylo has been doing them for a while, they can be hard to find if you don't know what to search for. Here's his channel www.youtube.com/@zylo4029/videos Haha that's brave watching a story speedrun when you haven't finished it yet! Fair enough if you just stopped where you got up to though. So a field station only becomes a respawn point when you look at it and it pops up on-screen saying "you discovered field station". If you look away as you walk up to a field station so you don't get that message pop up, you can interact with everything in there but it won't become a respawn point. So at 1:38 you see me look down and I don't discover it, at 3:43 I discovered the one near the oak, at 6:50 I discovered the stinkbug one, I respawned from black ant lab at 25:06 and oak is closest so I spawn there. I only needed to spawn at the oak once so at 26:22 I finally discover the one at the start, which I actually wanted to do because it should have given me natural explorer (it didn't because I didn't get pond dome so I unlocked it at the mix.r).

[@NuggetDoctorCertified]

It should be a (lemon) crime that you can finish the game this fast... In all seriousness, this is such an amazing run!

[@HolyCodzta]

Glad to have this verified by a certified Nugget Doctor!

[@HyperGamerYT669]

This guy can speedrun grounded faster than I can find my phone charger when it's at 2%

[@PokeCapNN]

Holy man... this is insane imo. Ive never speedran this game and i feel like if i tried i wouldnt be able to do it. Yesterday on one of my newer worlds i was hesitant to fight a bombardier beetle because i didnt know if i had the right gear or not lol.

[@HolyCodzta]

Start small and work your way up! That's what I did at least, first with the wolf spider, then super chips, then broodmother etc. Just gotta yolo into some dumb situations to find out what happens and hopefully find a way to make it work haha. Bombardiers messed me up for the longest time tbf so I'm not judging!

[@PokeCapNN]

@@HolyCodzta alr thanks for the wise words mans i appreciate it.

[@HolyCodzta]

Sure thing, lemme know if you do end up running anything!

[@SonOfSpaceBoy]

You are so good I thought it was a TAS.

[@linkshield1347]

I'd be making my half of my first house in this amount of time that's crazy.

[@AquaBloo]

I love how despite running around and being extremely fast, you still have those little awkward moments with no stamina. 😭 The little annoyed shake of the camera at 21:24 made me laugh and I choked on my drink lmao.

[@HolyCodzta]

Hahaha I forgot about that, that was quite an intense one. I try to always make sure I have a minimum amount of stamina when I need it but do still occasionally end up in those awkward moments!

[@Amity_Enmity]

Great work and congrats on the record! I'll probably be looking back on this video quite a bit and any other speedrunning resources/channels on Grounded for a more casual "brisk walk" playthrough. I did have some small questions at a couple of points in the run where I didn't quite get what was going on in the run: -Throughout the course of the run you would give up "randomly," were those deaths just to top off your health instead of using/wasting granola to heal? And did those deaths also kind of serve as a way to drop useless resources -Nearing the Haze split at 17:37 why did you drop all of your granola at the entrance of the busted pipe when you pick them back up as you leave? I honestly have no clue on this one. -Right after splitting for Oak2 at 26:00 what's the purpose of saving the game and immediately loading? Does it have anything to do with potentially better rng for the BOBs for the hammer? Aside from that I have no idea. -Silly one but, do you have space or something bound to the mouse scroll wheel or are you just that gamer at mashing through the dialogue? Great work on this once again, best of luck to whatever else you may be up to. I would suggest some wacky run ideas but you've done most of the big things like boss speedruns and the achievements Peep everything and 100% sound rough to speedrun.

[@HolyCodzta]

Cheers Tyshroi! My intent with "giving up" is always to save time, like at 35:52, it saves a bit of time over running back to the baseball bat. I messed up at the very end by respawning at my lean-to instead of kid case which cost some seconds. Can save more time again there by giving up and respawning at field station after respawning at kid case. I do give up at 39:15 to drop granolas and most javamatic ingredients otherwise I have to drop them then pick them all up again individually. I can't think of anywhere else I give up to drop resources, usually craft any items as soon as possible, like the acorn shovel any time before hedge lab because I wanna scan clay at the pond outpost. 17:37: Granolas don't stay in your inventory when you respawn but I want them for the AssMan fight and respawning at the lean-to there skips the swim back through the tunnel. 26:00: We use the recover backpacks option in the game repair menu twice and you can only use it once per load of a save, so a quick save and load let's us do it again. Bug loot rng is determined when they spawn which I assume happens across the map when you first start the world. For spamming through dialogue, you can press the number keys to select a dialogue option as well as spacebar so I just mash 1 and spacebar, no remapping or auto clickers or anything. Thanks a lot, might be this again actually because the sub hour is so possible but I did get Hogwarts installed yesterday sooo... I do wanna *almost* complete Grounded in a speedrunning sense, so good ending, just Schmector, redo Mant cause my Mant run is a meme at this point, Mantis and then an all bosses run, including minor bosses like termite king and widow.

[@user-ju9ej4du4j]

Never thought I’d see the quests :sleep in your leantoo and find dr tullys scab next to each other

[@User-ur9ws6yusxld]

My whole life ive been in love with speed running games first WR i held was on goldeneye 😂 i just beat grounded with my fiance yesterday incredible story and an idea ive always loved since watching honey, i shrunk the kids seen this video a couple times in my feed and decided against watching for spoilers but man im glad i finally get to enjoy this little piece of content that for some reason means a alot to me i can tell your very good at video games and i can tell theres still a few time saves and the run isnt quite optimized i can see you hitting sub 1hr i might study this run and maybe a few other and put together my own little run i am however an xbox player as of now so that complicates thing a bit but well see what happens for now im going to kick back and watch this run at least 20 times thanks codzta ❤

[@HolyCodzta]

Eyy that's dope, glad you enjoyed! Yeah can't believe it was sap of all things that cost me the sub hour. Haven't watched this since posting it so I'm keen to get back into it soon and see if I notice any strats that could be improved. There is a slight time save Zylo has used where when you respawn at kid case at the end of the run, you can give up immediately and respawn at field station so you're closer to the mystery machine, saves about 10 seconds. Oh yeah I messed up a bit at the end too by respawning at the wrong place which cost me about 5 seconds. Hope you have fun with it! Let me know if you want an invite to the speedrunning discord so we can discuss strats more easily

[@User-ur9ws6yusxld]

Dude i would absolutely love a invite to the discord! I commented about an hour after you replied but i dont see it anymore wonder if it got removed because i put my discord in it? Weird but yeah wide interaction seems to fail me more than it does me good but a its a necessary evil haha and would the new route up the hedge save time? Seems like just a second if it does but looks alot easier to complete did my first run yesterday and was stopped at the haze lab because the door to the boss stayed closed for some reason definitely got a little heated and had to put it down for a day haha

[@User-ur9ws6yusxld]

Edit boss door stayed closed after the fight and i was effectively trapped by that time my brain wasn't working fully so by the time i should have givin up and respawned at kids case i already wasted over 2 minutes 😂😂 ill practice harder definitely would be cool to get leaderboards in this game!

[@HolyCodzta]

Ahh that's annoying, I have it set to hold potentially inappropriate comments for review but apparently youtube still automatically deletes comments with links in! Haha yeah wide interact does make some stuff more difficult. After trying to get used to it though I could see it pros outweighed the cons quite a lot. There's a new route up the hedge? Did you go back and double check you hit the switch? Have seen zero miss that and have to go back for it. Either way that's tilting hahaha. Here's the link discord.gg/pSCvfzEc

[@HolyCodzta]

@@User-ur9ws6yusxld Ohh right, that sucks. I know I used to swim back through the tunnel but now your stuff stays in your inventory you probably just wanna give up after grabbing everything from the chip room yeah. Get on it!

[@sean651234]

Actually impressive damn

[@HolyCodzta]

Cheers lad

[@ChoppyGaming]

Bro you are such a freaking gamer good fucking gg

[@Supracreator]

One more question. Are you gonna make another speedrun cause i love your content so much

[@HolyCodzta]

Mate ask as many questions as you like! And yeah I am, probably Grounded again next but might be Hogwarts

[@SamTheguy-zs8ee]

Dude you are beyond a grounded pro

[@HolyCodzta]

Dang what's beyond pro?

[@RNSSE00]

You unlock the smithing table after you beat black ant lab. That's crazy damn.

[@YannMetalhead]

Good run.

[@HolyCodzta]

Thanks Yann

[@StormiPanda]

I've been thinking about speed running, need to work on my blocking a bit more before I do

[@HolyCodzta]

Heck yeah, go for it! Happy to help if you ever have any questions. To quickly get good at parrying first save your game, then in the pause menu go into game settings, swap it to a custom game and turn off the player damage, hunger/thirst drain and equipment durability settings. They changed it so with player damage turned off you can still parry even though you'd take no damage anyway. Practice parrying against whichever creature(s) you want and when you're done just reload that save you made at the start to reenable achievements

[@thezasteam]

I want to build my main base at the first oak tree, is that convenient? I'm new to the game and don't want to run back and forth to the first small laboratory to research new recipes. Btw Your videos are really impressive, for a newbie like me who only knows how to run around haha

[@HolyCodzta]

Sorry for the delay, guess you've figured out by now if it's convenient or not! If you don't mind fighting off or walling in the wolves then it's a good central spot. Good for ziplines and acorns and sap right there. Glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@beacherson5771]

Bro blazed through the hedge like I didn’t fall 399 times

[@HolyCodzta]

I probably practiced that 399 times tbf!

[@kashwayzzguapy]

Hello HolyCodza! I'm your biggest fan! Thank's for your content

[@HolyCodzta]

You're very welcome guapy, glad you enjoy it!

[@MCOCMythic]

It’s a good job you didn’t lose your head during this

[@HolyCodzta]

Thank heavens!

[@der_schweizer_244]

this guy woke up in that box and went "aight. lets fuck shit up." and he did fuck shit up.

[@HolyCodzta]

Ain't playin around out here!

[@WayOfTheSin]

You should definitely do group speedrun; that would be fun to see. It was really fun watching but what's with the weapon throwing? Is it just gor attack speed with mallets? I presume it only works with them because of how slow they are and the combo outputs lower dps(?)

[@HolyCodzta]

Yeah co-op runs have been talked about for a while, maybe I should get on and finally do one... Clubs and spears just do crazy damage when thrown and they're so easy to get early on. Sure I could kill an ox faster with a maxed out morning star but that's obviously not feasible in a speedrun. Spiky sprigs actually stagger enemies when thrown at them too so it makes the fights a lot easier

[@krumifix8010]

can NOT believe he killed the infected ladybug with spiky sprigs

[@HolyCodzta]

Spiky sprigs best weapon in the game?

[@hazimadzha]

Pro. Very accurate hand.

[@HolyCodzta]

Thanks!

[@dodonginday8493]

Gs

[@PickleMfnRick]

Everything else is kind of simple since it's all open, I'm just amazed about the hedge. It took 30 seconds to get through that, it takes me 10 minutes to get from the field station to the bird bath

[@HolyCodzta]

Well I'm running this again because HarryButchers beat my time and it's even faster! Getting real close to a good run so keep an eye out for that

[@fatmanobby4329]

Why did I lose it at him punching a lawn mite 😭

[@Doopliss666]

the biggest thing for this run is going to be the use of the flinging thing the physics does sometimes. I havent been able to do it on purpose. it just happens. but the random feeling one (likely less consistent) is where a large bug pushes grass and it clips under you then flings you into the air. The second method, which is more passable, is where ive noticed a few times when i walk over a pile of grass planks i can get one to launch me into the air, though not as high. Still good air though.

[@HolyCodzta]

Zylo actually found a consistent launch using the grass door! streamable.com/r2bq3j Glitched runs combining that with getting out of bounds (also with the door which you can see in the 8 minute Mant run on my channel) can potentially crush all glitchless runs, just need way better rng

[@LizbelleHarb-jt9qq]

Congratulations! You are now the Best Grounded player in the world! 🎉

[@HolyCodzta]

Maybe, there's always someone out there who's better though!

[@B.veyron2005]

I loved the fact you tried to jump on the Stink Bug

[@HolyCodzta]

Timestamp? Don't remember that at all haha

[@czdented6051]

@@HolyCodzta 6:33

[@HolyCodzta]

@@czdented6051 Ahh yeah, he was pretty slick top to dodge me like that!

[@patrickoconnell912]

POV: Max Smalls really really really really wanted to go home

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha something tells me he's been in that situation before

[@patrickoconnell912]

@@HolyCodzta dude you got to the hedge in five minutes and I am there and it took me an hour you’re insane

[@patrickoconnell912]

@@HolyCodztaUPDATE!!!! I just made the mint mace and finally completed the undershed lab!!! Dr. Wendell Tully has been saved! Now I just need to get O.P. and complete the Javamatic fight. I also still have to grab a couple of Burg.L chips! Thank you for all of the inspiration this year!

[@GIGLR]

I like to take my time with the game. And by that I mean I have nearly every peice of gear in the game including staffs. Also well done

[@HolyCodzta]

Nice, got em all set up on armour dummies and everything? Cheers

[@GIGLR]

@@HolyCodzta yea. Although I'm a trash builder so it ain't pretty

[@HolyCodzta]

@@GIGLR Haha tell me about it, I just can't make anything decent looking in Grounded

[@SandyHarem]

What’s your main world like tho you ever spice it up with a base how many days on it?? Very beautiful run loved it

[@HolyCodzta]

Hahaa my main world is not pretty. Got like a quarter of the way through building the base I had slightly planned out before I got bored of playing regularly. Thanks for reminding me though because someone else asked for a base tour ages ago and I totally forgot! So I'll try and record a quick walk through it. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed

[@Shiny_VR661]

Bro took not dying to another level💀

[@jackthompson7546]

Had no idea you could enter the haze lab without blowing upthe door O:

[@zacherylevy7298]

I really sat and watched the whole thing cause I didn’t think it was possible

[@HolyCodzta]

Damn, what a guy! So what did you think?

[@RedheadPITA]

Bro went through the chat faster than my dad leaving💀

[@HolyCodzta]

He came back though, right?

[@crystallethbridge640]

Holycodzta you go for basic weapons and still pull off beating the game how litteraly gg man 😂

[@crystallethbridge640]

Nahh it took me a week with 2 people to get to the undershed lab how do ydo it you are a real boss😂😂😂

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha cheers. To put it lightly, this wasn't my first playthrough...

[@joylane7406]

Lmfao the mouse shake on the black ant

[@HolyCodzta]

Hahaha that was quite an intense one

[@nateb2856]

Bro this is so impressive. Still really new to grounded (just got haze chip). Just wondering is the spear throw damage been nerfed ? And why is your head missing when interacting with doors ? 😂 GGs

[@HolyCodzta]

Welcome! It has been nerfed yeah, plus this was on mild so if you're on medium there's the nerf and difficulty making your spears worse than in this run

[@sophieg840]

21:24 bro was mad bro keep it up ur amazing

[@HolyCodzta]

Poor stamina management that. Thanks will do!

[@benjaminevenson7379]

I still cant believe you did hedge in 4 minutes

[@HolyCodzta]

Haha coulda been faster too if the dandelion didn't have to ruin it

[@aaronrobinson8394]

Would love commentary my dude !

[@HolyCodzta]

I'll look into it!

[@qwivrz]

Bro really made it home before dinner

[@HolyCodzta]

Ain't messin around out here

[@xeelee543]

amazing...............

[@sploonksplunk2125]

that's pretty cool

[@uberbluebear]

I agree

[@HolyCodzta]

I agree

[@HolyCodzta]

Thanks! Enjoy

[@redpandagaming2025]

i agree

[@moneyman123212]

Random question why drop pupa hide then off yourself then respawn? And with ur sprig club u toss and pick up?

[@HolyCodzta]

Okay this is longwinded but I'm struggling to answer your question quickly. The obvious option is to run to the field station, analyse the pupa, then run back. The run back is about 20 seconds though so I can skip it by setting my spawn by the baseball bat and respawning after analysing the pupa. This would leave all my stuff at the field station though so I respawn straight after setting my spawn to drop my backpack. The hammer only needs 10 pupa but if I respawn after analysing the pupa it will get dropped there, so I collect an extra one which only gets used for analysing. Overall this saves 10-15 seconds. Hope that explains that! And with the spiky sprigs, thrown clubs all do the same damage so the spiky sprigs do really good damage for an early game weapon. They also have great stun so stun basically everything in just a few throws.

[@michellebradford438]

It takes me at least 2 hours to build my base if I knew I could beat grounded in that amount of time I would've just made a tiny base

[@HolyCodzta]

My base on casual playthroughs was almost always just a ring of grass walls protecting some chests haha

[@Shynaid]

Can you tell me what the audio logs are for? the tapes and notebooks ? what do I get by catching them?

[@HolyCodzta]

They're there mostly to provide some background info and help you understand the story, but you also need to collect all of them if you want the achievement for 100%

[@karikora8279]

Everything is incredibly cool no doubt, but i still cant get over the fact that YOU CAN THROW THE BOMBS?! Everytime i use those dang things my character just drops it at his feet! Lmao

[@HolyCodzta]

You can throw them! Look for a "huck" button in the bottom right when holding them and stop blowing up your feet

[@luckyleo1233]

Imagine wanting to play grounded, so you go make a group post wanting to play a new game, and then this guy joins your party and just beats the whole game in one hour.

[@HolyCodzta]

Not tryina spoil it for anyone so would have to join a group that have already played before, but undercover speedrunner could get some great reactions

[@luckyleo1233]

I get it but again, just imagine you just speedrunning the whole game while a friend just finishes getting berry leather after you did all the super chips

[@HolyCodzta]

I get where you're coming from, the confusion could be funny. They would have no idea what super chips are though so it would be kind of lost on them. That's just me finishing the game with them clueless along for the ride

[@shyuji0]

That burgl talks are hilarious lol

[@HolyCodzta]

My spacebar and 1 keys don't think so! You should check my broodmother tas at 5:58, did it even faster with a macro lol

[@shyuji0]

Holy moly it looks like a machine gun lmao

[@Lievyon]

Impressive.

[@HolyCodzta]

Thank you.

[@goryl3801]

Hey, I have a question, what is the setting that when using an inventory the game freezes?

[@HolyCodzta]

It does it by default on mild but if you wanna use it on medium or whoa you'll have to make your save a custom save. You can start a save with the option but if you wanna apply it to your current save then go to game settings in the pause menu, swap to custom game at the top, then near the bottom should be Menus Pause Game

[@shadowplayz1055]

Me and my friend take 1h to just figure out what we need

[@sumguyonabike8776]

What version do you guys run on 1.0? Gd luck on the sub hour.

[@HolyCodzta]

Usually just run the current patch at the time but will occasionally wait to update if I wanna run something on the previous patch. Like right now I'm still on 1.1 to avoid the spear nerf and brood buffs but will update soon for wasp queen and infected brood

[@HolyCodzta]

And thanks! Not sure how likely that is on the latest patch, for glitchless at least. Would like to see it done at some point though

[@calebhanff1239]

I've been playing grounded since day 1 and still haven't beat it meanwhile he beats it in an hour 😂

[@HolyCodzta]

Still not beaten it? What you been doing this whole time?!